Rail-joint



4(No Model.) l

v J. N. LEWIS.

RAIL JINT.

179.476.753. Patented June' 7, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J CHN N.' LEWIS, CF COULEE CITY, VASHINGTON.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,753, dated June 7,1892.

Application tiled December 29, 1891. Serial No. 416,482. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. LEWIS, of Coulee City, in the county ofDouglas and State of Washington, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Rail-Joints, ot' which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in railjoints; andit consists in certainnovelconstructions and combination of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view, and Fig. 2 a sideelevation, of my rail-joint, the meeting ends of the {ish-plate sectionsbe ing indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section onabout line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the chair. Fig. 5is a detail vieW of the fish-plate, and Fig. 6 is a detail View ot oneof the locking-plates.

The chair A is formed with a base-plate B, a side plate C, and atransverse portion D, arranged to forman abutment for the adjacent endsof the two joined rails. This transverse portion D projects laterallyfrom the side plate C and upward from the baseplate B. The rails E fitalongside the plate C and up against the portion D, being cnt out on oneside at e, so that the plate C may set in the rails With its edge flushWith that of the rails, as shown Inost clearly in Fig. l. The plate Cforms a fish-plate for one side of the rails, the fish-plate for theother side being formed in sections F F, fitted at their meeting ends ina seat G, formed in the transverse portion D, and at such end thesections F are formed to lap atf, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2, sothat such seat G and the inner adjacent ends of the sections F aresecurely engaged. The sections F are further held by the bolts Il,passing through and uniting the plate C, rail, and fish-plate F, thebolt-holes in the rails being elongated to permit the expansion andcontraction of the rails. Near their outer ends the fish-plate sectionsare provided with seats F', similar to seats D in the portion D, suchseats F D being in the nature of vertical grooves open at their upperends. The lockplates I, having openings z' to iit over and lock the nuts71., are formed at their ends I to fit in the seats F' and D', so thatthe transverse portion D and the fish-plate sections F serve to hold thelock-plates I in position, and such lock-plates operate to prevent thenuts from jarring loose, the Whole forming a strong secure rail-joint.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is l. In arail-joint, the improved chair A, formed with a base-plate B, asideplate C, and a transverse portion D within the hollow formed by thejuncture of said plates B and C and provided With a seat for thefish-plate, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a rail-joint, the combination, with the chair having a transverseportion provided with a seat for the fish-plate, of the sh-plate formedin sections fitted at their adjacent ends in said seat, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a rail-joint, a chair having a transverse portion D, such portionD heilig provided in its opposite edges With vertical grooves formingseats for the nut-locking plates, substantially as set forth.

4. An improved rail-joint comprising the Vchair having the transverseportion provided with seats for the nut-locking plates, the fishplatehaving near its outer ends seats for the nut-locking plates, and thelockingplates fitted and held in said seats, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, in a rail-joint, with the chair having a transverseportion and the bolts and their nuts, ot' the lockingplates for saidnuts, suoli plates being engaged with the transverse portion of thechair, all substantially as set forth.

G. In a rail-joint, the combination of the chair having a transverse'portion provided With seats for the fish-plate sections and for thelocking-plates, the rails fitted in said chair, the fish-plate sectionsfitted at their inner ends in the seat in the transverse portion andprovided near their outer ends with seats for the lock-plates, and thelock-plates fitted at their ends in the seats in the transverse portionof the chair and of the fish-plate sections, substantially as set forth.

7. The improvement in rail-j oints, substantially as described,consisting of the chair having a base-plate, a side plate, and atransverse portion, the latter being provided With seats for thefish-plate sections and for the lock- IOO p1ates,the fish-plate sectionshaving nem their said chair and sections, substantially as set outerends seats for the lock-plates, and the forth. lock-plates,substantially as described and shown, JOHN N. LEWIS.

Vituesses:

DANIEL J. JONES, JAMES ODGERS.

5 8. In a rail-joint, substantially as described, the combination of thechair, the fish-plate sections, and the locking-plates held by the

